Stealing The Wife's First Kiss

He just left Aruna to the stairs heading to Lesmana's dining room.

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The dining atmosphere was quite warm. Even warmer when mom kept praising Hendra for helping her and that man really blushed.

Not many people knew that it was the first time the blue-eyed man felt how comfortable it was to eat with family. They exchanged light jokes, happy, sometimes a little noisy.

It was noisy because Aruna was scolded by her mom several times. That girl wasn't considerate to get her husband some food. Hendra was seen helping her instead.

"Mom.. Why should I get him some food? He's an adult. He can get it by himself?! His hands are longer than mine". That girl protested after being scolded by her mom.

"Ugh. Do you act like this at your in-laws' house every day??". Mom's voice got louder.

"Obviously. What should I do anyway?".

"Oh God.. How embarrassing!!".

"No problem, Mom. We rarely eat together. Last time my meal was prepared, I came late instead. So, Aruna has done her best for me". Hendra calmed the loud voices that kept coming.

Aditya stole a glance at the Wenceslas Group CEO. He almost wasn't sure that the man in front of him was the same person who served as his boss in his office.

How could that man suddenly become a different person?

"What happened, baby?". Aliana whispered.

"Hehe.. Nothing.. I think there's something unique".

"What is it?".

"Suddenly, someone is acting the opposite".

"You mean, my little sister's husband?".

"Yeah, exactly! You know what kind of person he was before?!".

"I also think that person…".

"You two, when will you get married?".

The whisper between that couple was suddenly stopped when dad asked a question.

"I need to finish my graduate study first, Dad. That's my target. Stop asking!".

"Look at your little sister. She's in her second year of undergraduate study, but she's fine". Mr. Lesmana urged.

Aditya gulped several times.

"I'm just gonna follow what Aliana wants, Dad". The argument between the kid and her father inevitably happened in the middle of Aditya's awkwardness, the family's future son-in-law.

Hendra saw it as a new exciting thing. His family didn't have this much topic to be talked about.

"Could you be quiet!! Are you not ashamed of your in-law? Dad, stop!". Mom reminded. Mr. Lesmana immediately stopped.

Actually, there was someone who didn't want to join Lesmana's family dinner. Hendra knew that thing was hidden from him. But, he quite understood why Ananta was fed up to be on the same table with him at a banquet.

An older brother and the only son always had a different sense of responsibility. He felt failed to protect his little sister.

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"Why do you have to sleep there?". Hendra bothered seeing his wife spread out the sleeping mat under the shabby chic bed.

"Because you can never share a narrow space".

"Be honest. You can't or I can't?!".

"Okay! Me, me..".

"But I have to touch your vein".

"You said earlier, you felt happy.. Not afraid anymore to see me sleeping".

"Thing like that can't always happen all the time".

"Don't worry.. I will put my hand up and you can hold it".

The next scene was a woman slept right under a bed with a man on it. It was caught unsuitable. It was a quite weird view when the woman's hand was held by the man above her. Holding her, staring at her from above looked more comfortable.

"Hendra, it's too long. There's a tingling sensation on my hand".

"I've told you. It looks weird. Okay, you're on top, I'm down there". Hendra gave a more rational option as a man.

But.. Will sleeping on the floor make us sick??". As usual, he had too many thoughts.

"You won't die by sleeping on the floor!!".

They took turns. The next view was a man who laid on the floor, under the bed was holding the woman's hand.

"Wait!! How could you be able to see me sleeping without having to be this weird?".

"I've told you. I can't always be like that.. Moreover, your breath hit my face, so I could see that you would be fine".

"Why do you always look for my breath and vein?? Do you have something like…".

"I'll tell you later. It's not the time yet". Next, the woman fell asleep. Meanwhile, the man couldn't close his eyes at all. He had a hard time on the floor. The heir was afraid. Perhaps there were small creatures that could reach him.

After struggling to close his eyes for 2 hours, that man decided to hop on Aruna's bed and immersed in his version of a narrow space.

He was so careful so that the tiny body wouldn't realize. He sniffed several times. There was a smell that was too good and dangerous enough for a man with his biological instinct.

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He couldn't bear it so he sat down, making the woman wake up.

"Why are you here?? You were sleeping on the floor?!".

"I couldn't sleep". Hendra whined.

"Huh. You're always so complicated".

"Aruna, your body scent is too strong!".

"What? I smell?!".

"No.. But please get me a mask! Do you have a mask?!".

That girl really sniffed her armpit, checking whether she smelled a lot or not since the man beside her covered his nose tightly.

"Really! Tell me! Do I smell??". She checked her body several times.

"No.. Your scent is too strong.. Too strong that it's dangerous for me. Next time, please don't use that soap again!". Hendra objected.

"It's my simple habit so I can sleep well. Why can't I use the lotion and soap that I like?".

"You know.. Your scent can increase my libido as a man. It's dangerous, unless you allow me to do something to you!".

"Ah.. I hate it, your words scare me". Aruna stood up and got a mask for Wiryo's grandson. He can't transform into a crazy CEO, moreover a devil in disguise.

"Do you have a mask other than the pink one?".

"I only have that. Don't complain too much!".

They shared Hendra's version of a small bed. The tip of his head and his toe were really as long as Aruna's bed.

"Aruna..", Hendra talked again.

"What else?? Don't disturb!".

"I can't move!".

"Huh. I want to sleep. Up to you whether you can move or not".

"Can I move this bolster? It takes too much space".

"As long as you don't do anything weird to me, you can move it".

In 3 seconds, that bolster was thrown. The next minute, that woman fell asleep, leaving the man who had a hard time closing his eyes. The sparkle on Aruna's ceiling was too disturbing. It was unique but irritating.

"Why do you put those stuff over your bed?".

"You're like a baby who's enjoying a spinning toy over the baby box". Hendra complained more.

"You're always noisy!?".

Since Aruna was disturbed a lot, this girl can't close her eyes anymore.

"Look at that.. (pointed upwards using hand) Really nice.. If I stare at it, I feel like I'm reminded that my dreams are as pretty as the beautiful shiny stuff over my bed".

"What is your dream? May I know?".

"I can't answer it anymore.. Everything's gone now".

"Really?! Why was your dream gone?

"Yes.. Because suddenly I got something way bigger and it makes me no longer look great".

"Could you tell me clearly? It's hard to understand. If you're really displeased, please make the analogy more detailed". Hendra tried to understand the woman, whose mother said, who liked hiding her desire.

"Hendra, you know.. When we climb a mountain, we really enjoy how beautiful the struggle is and we always hope we'll arrive on the top in an extraordinary way".

"But, before you arrive on the top, suddenly there's a helicopter that takes you fly. Then, out of a sudden you arrive at the highest point". Slowly, Aruna opened up even though it was just an analogy.

"Which means you arrive without an effort. That helicopter doesn't make you tired. Including makes you save a lot of time". Hendra denied Aruna's analogy, looks like reaching something in a conventional way.

"But you won't feel the sensation, like enjoying the scenery, also the struggle to arrive at the highest place".

"I'm one of those people who believes that enjoying the process is the most beautiful thing, so we can be proud when we arrive on the top. We've tried our way and with our hard work".

"Meanwhile, if we ride a helicopter, we won't get anything. Except, people say: 'of course, she's arrived there because she's supported by that'".

Hendra fell silent. He knew this woman was making an analogy about his appearance in her simple life.

"Why don't you try making an even bigger dream?". Hendra tried to make a new analogy for Aruna to build her new dream.

"Like what?".

"If you only wanted to climb a mountain, why don't you try finding a new adventure, a farther one. Like traveling around the world with a helicopter or reaching a top that can't be reached by helicopter".